Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mjbtn!raider!brainiac!sophist From: sophist@brainiac.raidernet.com (Phillip McReynolds) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Apple's right to stop traffic in Mac ROMS Message-ID: Date: 27 Feb 91 02:12:28 GMT References: <25635@netcom.COM> Organization: Phillip's Philosophy Shop, Nashville TN Lines: 34 rodent@netcom.COM (Ben Discoe) writes: > gl8f@astsun7.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl) writes: > > >In article <1991Feb23.062711.5874@looking.on.ca> brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Te > >>Those of you complaining about Apple having a "monopoly" on these Roms do > >>not understand the meaning of copyright. The purpose of copyright is to > >>give the author a monopoly on control of copying of the work. > > >Actually, it doesn't all the time. Both IBM and DG have been forced to > >sell copies of their OS to people to be run on other hardware. Laws > >and lawsuits are never simple. > >Disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer, nor do I play one on the net. > > I think the point of my original article has been ignored, or am I just > confused? Sure, a copyright gives a monopoly on the Production of Copies, > but how on earth does it control the commerce in existing, legal copies? > > If I buy a book from a bookstore, completely legally, I could understand > the author's right to keep me from making copies of it. But! Apple's [rest deleted] Well, in Alabama, you don't buy software. You license it. Consequently you pay no sales tax (hooray!). However, this license agreement can carry certain limitations such as the prohibition against reselling the software. I assume that this would be possible for books as well. Regards, = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Phillip A. McReynolds, sophist@brainiac.raidernet.com Licensed Philosopher org: Phillip's Philosophy Shop, Inc. (MPA Certified) "Quality Philosophy Products Since 1990" = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =